Forward
Air Corporation
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Forward
Air Inc. Operating Statistics
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Three months ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dec 31, |
Sep
30,
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Jun
30,
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Mar
31,
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Dec
31,
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Sep
30,
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June
30,
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Mar
31,
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Dec
31,
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Sep
30,
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Jun
30,
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Mar
31,
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2007
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Operating
ratio
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89.2
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91.6
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93.0
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95.4
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86.7
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82.2
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81.3
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82.9
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82.4
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82.2
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80.3
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81.9
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Business
days
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64.0
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64.0
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64.0
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63.0
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63.0
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64.0
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64.0
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64.0
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64.0
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63.0
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64.0
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64.0
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Business
weeks
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12.8
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12.8
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12.8
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12.6
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12.6
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12.8
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12.8
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12.8
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12.8
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12.6
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12.8
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12.8
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Airport-to-airport:
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Tonnage
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Total
pounds ¹
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398,921
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357,768
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357,678
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338,602
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407,162
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441,269
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459,637
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435,895
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459,123
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405,503
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405,166
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400,751
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Average
weekly pounds ¹
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31,166
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27,951
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27,944
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26,873
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32,314
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34,474
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35,909
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34,054
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35,869
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32,183
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31,654
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31,309
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Linehaul
shipments
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Total
linehaul
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565,922
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511,959
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514,452
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502,890
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557,260
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568,031
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594,612
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575,396
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611,808
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558,515
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579,479
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569,095
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Average
weekly
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44,213
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39,997
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40,192
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39,912
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44,227
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44,377
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46,454
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44,953
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47,798
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44,327
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45,272
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44,461
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Forward
Air Complete shipments
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71,442
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73,696
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67,109
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53,889
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56,930
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53,161
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46,172
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46,119
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21,601
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13,366
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16,077
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8,145
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As
a percentage of linehaul shipments
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12.6
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14.4
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13.0
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10.7
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10.2
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9.4
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7.8
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8.0
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3.5
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2.4
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2.8
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1.4
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Average
linehaul shipment size
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705
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699
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695
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673
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731
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777
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773
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758
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750
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726
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699
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704
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Revenue
per pound ²
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Linehaul
yield
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15.84
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15.91
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15.93
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16.61
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16.52
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16.39
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16.53
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16.77
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17.13
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17.28
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17.59
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17.35
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Fuel
surcharge impact
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0.96
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0.93
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0.69
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0.73
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1.43
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2.15
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1.89
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1.37
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1.13
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1.02
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1.07
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0.95
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Forward Air Complete impact |
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1.62
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1.83
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1.64
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1.32
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1.21
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1.17
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0.98
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0.69
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0.48
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0.36
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0.40
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0.22
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Total
airport-to-airport yield
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18.42
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18.67
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18.26
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18.66
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19.16
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19.71
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19.40
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18.83
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18.74
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18.66
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19.06
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18.52
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Logistics:
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Miles
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Owner
operator ¹
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6,421
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6,111
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6,211
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5,594
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5,408
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4,812
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5,005
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3,615
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3,655
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3,145
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2,970
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2,047
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Third
party ¹
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3,220
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2,288
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1,800
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2,621
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4,605
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3,618
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3,593
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3,844
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4,061
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4,381
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3,949
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2,764
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Total
Miles
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9,641
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8,399
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8,011
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8,215
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10,013
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8,430
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8,598
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7,459
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7,716
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7,526
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6,919
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4,811
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Revenue
per mile
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$
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1.62
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1.58
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1.54
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1.61
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1.69
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1.80
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1.80
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1.67
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1.56
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1.57
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1.54
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1.70
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Cost
per mile
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$
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1.25
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1.23
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1.19
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1.25
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1.33
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1.33
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1.26
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1.23
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1.19
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1.23
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1.18
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1.28
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